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Job Title Legal Staff in Sacramento, CA Job Profile Paralegal/Legal Assistant I The candidate will serve as legal assistant responsible for directly and independently supporting one to three attorney's by providing a wide variety of technical assistance services. Provides a variety of direct legal support assistance services to serviced staff. Typical assignments include: Reviews incoming material and independently determines the need for assembly and preparation of a variety of legal documents, e.g., complaints, motions, orders, answers, pleadings, subpoenas, and libels. Obtains needed information from files, law enforcement agencies, or other sources, and submits completed legal documents to the appropriate attorney or, in limited cases, directly to the court. Prepares such legal actions as indictments, criminal complaints, search warrants, judgments, applications, notices, affidavits, summonses, grand jury subpoenas, rules to show cause, proofs of claim, and satisfaction of judgment. Provides assistance to attorneys in trial preparation by performing duties such as independently compiling trial notebooks, assembling jury instructions, and compiling witness and exhibit lists. Coordinates with the victim/witness specialist to ensure adherence to current Departmental guidelines relating to victims' rights and services responsibilities. Notifies appropriate individuals of victim/witness issues. Verifies citations and statutory references contained in legal documents. Develops tables of contents and indices to briefs in accordance with established format. Lists cited cases, opinions and miscellaneous references in briefs. Composes original letters that do not require legal interpretations, but do require a good working knowledge of legal procedures and specialized terminology. Provides a variety of direct clerical and administrative support assistance. Typical assignments include: Receives visitors and telephone callers. Furnishes requested information concerning pending and closed matters and cases, functions and general procedures of the office. Establishes and maintains a variety of files. Searches legal reference files for information needed in conducting interviews and preparing correspondence. Assembles exhibits, affidavits, and other legal documents from file material. Separates, screens, selects, assembles, and organizes files and records material for disposition or transfer to records depository in accordance with established procedures. Obligates funds for litigation expenses and monitors for continued necessity. Reviews bills and invoices and submits to budget office for payment. Maintains calendar of assigned active cases. Tracks filing, hearing, and trial dates, and schedules conferences and interviews. Develops and maintains suspense system for ongoing cases and informs the attorneys of pending dates and deadlines. Maintains calendar(s), scheduling appointments, interviews, and conferences, and provides reminders of commitments and court appearances. Arranges travel by preparing itinerary, and securing transportation and hotel reservations. Prepares travel authorizations and vouchers. May perform general clerical/administrative functions e.g., processing time and attendance records and maintaining administrative files. Produces a variety of written documents and materials utilizing a wide range of office software applications. Products include complicated tables, graphs and charts which may be incorporated into legal documents or courtroom presentations. Provides automated litigation assistance to attorneys in trial preparation and courtroom presentations. Utilizes various software applications and graphics hardware such as scanners and plotters. Prepares documents, charts, and visual materials for use in trials. Qualification and Experience The candidate should have paralegal certificate. 1+ year of litigation paralegal experience required; trial experience very helpful. Automated litigation support experience very helpful. Should have following knowledge: Knowledge of online legal resources to obtain or verify information. Knowledge of a wide range of office software applications including Word to prepare complex legal documents and materials containing tables and graphs. Knowledge of a variety of local court rules, legal documents, processes, and procedures sufficient to present legal information and facts that are readily verifiable, requiring relatively limited searches of reference, file, or historical material, and involving comparisons of information with explicit criteria. Knowledge of the capabilities, operating characteristics, and advanced functions of one or more types of office automation software, e.g., database, spreadsheet, graphics and/or word processing. Knowledge of the similarities, differences and procedural steps and processes to integrate two or more of these software types. Basic legal knowledge, including knowledge of standard legal citation system sufficient to perform basic legal research. Must have excellent written and oral communication skills, thorough knowledge of legal research tools such as LEXIS and WestLaw. Should have hands-on familiarity with a variety of computer applications, including word processing, database, spreadsheet, imaging, and telecommunications. Should be skill in oral and written communications are needed. Firm URL Sign up now! 
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